The StepCrew were A LOT of fun! These dynamic performers dance, sing and are champion fiddle players!!! You can’t stay still!!!! If you’re having a bad day, watch these videos!! You’ll feel happier in seconds!!!! S, xo
Tag: Musicfest 2018
Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part VII – Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
We made our way to the Concert Bowl to watch Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley. This duo plays bluegrass, country, blues, western swing. They’re were awesome!!! ps….sorry for the short music clips – I was videoing so much that I cut it short to just get a taste of each musician! S, xo
Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – Part VI
Time for some goofy moments (brought on by a wee bit of local wine) as we made our way to the main stage, with a walk back stage because we could and deep fried fresh mini donuts (munchies were a regular thing for a lot of these BC’ers…..no cliche intended but the cliche is real!!)!!!…
Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part V – Celeigh Cardinal
I was looking forward to her! I wasn’t disappointed! Celeigh Cardinal reminded me of Jann Arden with her rough edge and powerful voice. She’s an honest woman who speaks her mind without apology! S, xo
Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part IV – Qristina Brooke & Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts
We started in The Grassy Knoll watching Warming Up The Stage with Blaine Dunaway, Sweet SantaFe, Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts and Qristina Brooke. Qristina Brooke is a fiddler and singer who played traditional Irish, Old-Time American and French Canadian tunes! I loved her!!! Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts joined in for her last…
Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part III – Sweet SantaFe
We started in The Grassy Knoll watching Warming Up The Stage with Blaine Dunaway, Sweet SantaFe, Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts and Qristina Brooke. Sweet SantaFe are a couple who sing authentic, romantic and uplifting music with Cuban influences. I enjoyed this couple. They inspired me to write music of my love for Michael…
Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part II – Blaine Dunaway
We started the festival off watching music in The Grassy Knoll watching Warming Up The Stage with Blaine Dunaway, Sweet SantaFe, Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts and Qristina Brooke. Blaine Dunaway is a violin, cello, trumpet and flugelhorn player from Comox Valley. He’s spent studio time with Eartha Kite, Mae Moore, and many more!…
Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – Part I
Today the music starts! I’m breaking this day into parts – so you can pick what you want to look at – which will probably be the music – so the musicians will get their own blogs! For those interested in the behind the scenes – Performer Services should be called – Backstage Food Services….
Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 3
Today was the last full day of set up. Tomorrow the music begins! But first, I have to mention another difference between Courtenay and Halifax – NO MOSQUITOS OR BLACK FLIES!!!!!!! WHAT A TREAT!!!!!!!!!!! You can sit outside at night and not be eaten alive by bloodsucking insects!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, back to the day! Let’s…
Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 2
Firstly, I have to say is what I notice in difference between Courtenay and Halifax. Difference one is how TALL the trees are! The forests are beautiful! They feel magical because the trees are so tall! Next are how tattooed the women are!!! Wow!!! Everywhere I go here, women have MANY tattoos!!! I don’t have…